Lawsuit: Man says Raccoon Township cop terrorized him with gun during false arrest

A Beaver County man claims in a federal lawsuit that a Raccoon Township officer pulled a gun on him, punched him repeatedly, used racial epithets and then discharged his gun inches from the man’s body. The lawsuit contends that the state police then helped to try to cover it up.

Emmitt Willis, 23, of Aliquippa, was never charged with anything following the incident on Jan. 3.

His lawsuit, filed Monday, includes claims for excessive force, false arrest, false imprisonment and civil conspiracy.

It names as defendants state police troopers Jonnie W. Schooley III, who enlisted in July 2018, Michael Miller, who enlisted in January 2007, and Michael Greiner, who enlisted in August 2014. Schooley and Miller are assigned to the Beaver barracks, while Greiner is assigned to the bureau of criminal investigation, said PSP spokesman Ryan Tarkowski.

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